Spring 2022 Special Section on Farmers Movement in India The end of the yearlong farmers agitation on November 19, 2021, led mostly by farmers from Punjab and Haryana at the borders of Delhi marked a tremendous success in its resistance to legislation of the central government and corporatization of agriculture in India. The movement defeated … Read more
Spring 2022 Abstract The farmers and laborers were two primary stakeholders who comprised a majority of protesters at the most recent farmers movement on the borders of Delhi, the capital of India. While the farmers are mainly the land-owning upper caste communities known as Jats (Sikhs in Punjab and Hindus in other northern states), the … Read more
Spring 2022 Abstract Definitional exercises are by nature political and nowhere does this come across more clearly than in attempts to define farmers in India. Any such effort is bound to be contentious but nonetheless necessary for understanding the nature of Indian state and its policies. This article is one attempt at understanding ‘farmers’ as … Read more
Spring 2022 First Paragraph Thousands of yellow and green dupattas were the omnipresent symbol of the women’s stirring presence at the borders in Delhi where farmers had set up camps all through 2021. Led by the farmers’ unions, with the Punjab unions at the forefront, a convoy of tractor trolleys and trucks – thousands of … Read more
Spring 2022 First Paragraph The ongoing farmers’ movement in India cannot be understood without understanding Sikh identity, thought, and practice. While the movement is of the farmers, it is fueled and sustained by Sikhi, the faith and its people. However, there is a significant move to push a narrative that erases Sikh identity from the … Read more
Spring 2022 Abstract Artists are an inseparable part of society. They tend to express emotions through different genres of art, such as painting, sculpture, art installation, cartooning and digital art to name a few. I witnessed this kind of artistic expression during the recently concluded farmers protest in India. Artists played an important role in … Read more
Spring 2022 What do you know O tyrant / (Tu ki jaane zaalma ve) – Jaswinder Singh – Click the PDF icon to view, right-click to save as. Other Papers in this Volume Essays Photo Essays Poetry Book Reviews
Spring 2022 Book Review: The Last Queen – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest novel The Last Queen (2021) depicts the turbulent life of Maharani Jind Kaur (c.1817-1863), Queen Regent of the Sikh Empire (1843-1846). Narrated chronologically, it offers a fictional representation of Rani Jindan’s childhood, her courtship and marriage to Maharaja Ranjit Singh … Read more